by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate StrategiesIn January, and for the next several months to follow, a lot of coaches face this situation where they have recruits who have done everything. Well, everything but make their final college decision.Coaches have talked to the recruit for months, …
Why You Need a Clear Recruiting Timeline
by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate StrategiesWhether you realize it or not, you already have a recruiting timeline.For some of you, there is a certain day that you can begin contacting your next class. For others the start is a little more flexible, but it begins whenever you start …
Where Coaches Waste a Lot of Time
by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate StrategiesCoaches are busy. They don’t have a lot of time to waste.In recruiting though, there is naturally going to be wasted time. That is why it is called “recruiting” and not “selecting.” It is not a given that every recruit will commit. In fact, it …
Why You Need To Stick With Your Timeline
by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate StrategiesOne of the most important things you need to do with recruits is guide them through their college decision process.These teenagers you are communicating with are largely lost as they go about this recruiting process. They’ve never gone through …
Two Big Benefits of Setting Recruiting Deadlines
by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Setting deadlines for recruits to make a decision. This is a strategy that coaches tend to be divided on. There is one side that usually is all in favor of setting deadlines for recruits. Could be 48-hour deadlines. Could be a week or a month. But, …